Wali Khan (Irrfan Khan) is a barber in Karachi. His family
consist of his wife Nafeesa (Shriswara) and a son Kabir (Divji Handa). He was
sent into Karachi, nine years ago from India by the Chief of RAW Ashwini Rao (Nasser)
to report the activities of India’s
most wanted fugitive Iqbal Seth (Rishi Kapoor). Rudrapratap Singh (Arjun
Rampal), Zoya Rehman (Huma Qureshi) and Aslam (Aakash Dahiya) join Wali Khan
for a mission that all but fails.
The story written by Nikhil Advani, is based on
the lives of RAW agents. Performance-wise, Arjun Rampal, Aakash Dahiya and
Irrfan Khan are brilliant. Huma Qureshi and Shuruti Hassan put in good acts.
Rishi Kapoor, Nasser, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Sandeep Kulkarni, Nissar Khan and
K.K.Raina are alright. Rajpal Yadav who appears in a song, is okay.
Though the script has been handled well by the
director, what he did not realize perhaps because he was working from his own
script was the fact that the film was too dark and bloody and therefore there
could be nothing novel to be achieved using hackneyed treatment, patterns or
clichés. The dialogs by Ritesh Shah and Niranjan Iyengar are average.
Musically, Shankar Ehsaan Loy stays with the mood of the film. Lyricist
Niranjan Iyengar’s Alvida song is
good in the film. Action by Tom Struthers and John Street are passable. The
cinematography by Tushar Kanti Ray is superb. Aarif Khan and Unni Krishnan’s
editing is brilliant. Production values are good. Technically, the film is
sound. The publicity was average.
At the box office, the film has opened during
Ramzan when a major chunk of the audience is away and will not succeed unless
there is a huge upsurge of word of mouth publicity. 
Banner : Dar Motion Pictures, Emmay
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Producers : Monisha Advani, Arun Rangachari,
Madhu Bhojwani, Vivek Rangachari
Director : Nikhil Advani
Music : Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy
Rating : * * * *
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